daily quote

[Leader of the Banned]

Since Mr. Banned asserted there is no "me", how the heck am "I" going to put the beer down?

It may require an intervention.

 

[Bob]

I never got the impression we were "free". I've always felt I was a prisoner of my impulses and the events in my mind were almost entirely caused by outside stimuli. The best we can hope for is to channel these stimuli in a way that the "cell" that is being built in our brains for us to reside in, is comfortable and somewhat amusing. Was that too heavy? My impulse is heading towards beer.

most people are food pumps, they are visceral, joyless in a broad sense, always engaging in a zero sum game...taking the path of least resistance. they operate in a tight loop,oblivious to the repetition. this is not what i gather from your postings. self induced struggle and introspection is the "free" state we can aspire to...to understand that we can craft our own legacies around the escape from the visceral. to not care what other's may think about your thoughts or actions, and to not fear loss in whatever form it may take...loss of affirmation,loss of a relationship,job,internet connection{gulp},whatever the delusion appears to be. and to have a beer or three.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Most people are just "laughing anuses". Here's what I was talking about. This is a cut scene, from a video game of all things. Pretty heavy. Easy to follow I think, if you read the captions during the dialog. I think she nails it.

 

[poppy]

Since Mr. Banned asserted there is no "me", how the heck am "I" going to put the beer down?

As long as the beer is real all is well.

 

[Lake View Too]

Rather than put the beer down onto a table that I realize is not really a table but a consortium of spinning subatomic particles held together by opposing electrical charges, I'd rather pour it down my laughing anus, so that I can experience those electrochemical processes that I've grown so fond of. Just a creature of habit, I guess.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

To yesterday's now dead consciousness, rest in peace. It's in a better place. Welcome to the world, today's imposter, and drink up. Be aware of what day it is.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

BTW, speaking in zeroth person isn't easy.

 

[Lake View Too]

Since I'm still a proud member of the working force, every day is Monday. That's easy enough. I just have to figure out where my weekends disappear to. It that quantum mechanics or string theory?

 

[Lake View Too]

You are better at being zero than anybody I know.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Since I'm still a proud member of the working force, every day is Monday. That's easy enough. I just have to figure out where my weekends disappear to. It that quantum mechanics or string theory?

It's St. Patty's Day remember! That's what all that meant! Drink up! From now on, let every day be St. Patty's day. No advanced degree needed or wanted.